https://www.pitara.com/tags/snow-properties/Recent content in Snow Properties on Pitara Kids NetworkHugoen-usSat, 13 Jun 2026 21:46:31 +0530https://www.pitara.com/science-for-kids/5ws-and-h/why-cant-the-sun-melt-snow/Mon, 10 Feb 2003 13:20:47 +0000https://www.pitara.com/science-for-kids/5ws-and-h/why-cant-the-sun-melt-snow/<p>There are some things in nature that have a great capacity to toss back or reflect a great deal of the sun’s light that falls on them. One of them is snow. Newly formed snow reflects about 90 per cent of the sunlight that falls upon it. This means that the sun is powerless to melt clean snow. And when snow does melt, it is not because of the sunlight. Snow does not melt on a spring day because of the sun’s heat. It melts because of the warm air from the sea.</p>